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Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> writes:
>
>> _have-Makefile := $(shell test -f Makefile && echo yes)
>> ifeq ($(_have-Makefile),yes)
>
> ifneq ($(wildcard Makefile),)
>
> Of course, the whole thing only works when building in the source
> directory.

Sure, but that's fine.  This is only stopgap, for those who
don't read the build instructions.  Those users are unlikely
to be doing a non-srcdir build.